Various: Fantasie

Saturday 5 September 2009 19.01 EDT
First published on Saturday 5 September 2009 19.01 EDT

The 22-year-old Scottish violinist returns to Proms in the Park this week after a first precocious appearance four years ago. She confirms her youthful virtuosity in her fourth solo disc, party pieces from Saint-Saëns to Rachmaninov to Fauré. Vaughan Williams's "The Lark Ascending" and Massenet's "Meditation" are pre-existing recordings. New ones, accompanied by the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra under Vassily Petrenko, or by pianist Alexei Grynyuk, include Pärt's pure "white" "Spiegel Im Spiegel" and Ravel's fiery "Tzigane". Violin fans will have favourite versions of all these fiddlers' bonbons. But Benedetti has the technique, passion and energy to compete with the best.